Saba Khvadagiani
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Saba Khvadagiani (Georgian: საბა ხვადაგიანი; born 30 January 2003) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi and the Georgia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2021 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 81 | (3) |
| 2023 | Dinamo Tbilisi 2 | 1 | (1) |
| 2024– | Maccabi Netanya | 8 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Dinamo Tbilisi (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2020 | Georgia U17 | 13 | (1) |
| 2021– | Georgia U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2021– | Georgia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 | |||
Career
Khvadagiani is a product of Dinamo Tbilisi academy. He made an Erovnuli Liga debut with this club on 27 February 2021 in an opening match of the season against Samgurali.[1] His first league goal scored against Telavi on 16 May 2021 turned out a winner.[2]
In January 2022, the player signed a new two-year contract with Dinamo.[3] Overall, during four seasons between 2020 and 2024, he twice won the league.
On January 30, 2024, Khvadagiani joined Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Netanya for a transfer fee of €500,000, which is the highest transfer fee Netanya has ever paid for a foreign player.[4]
International career
Khvadagiani took part in all four matches of the national U21 team in 2023 European championship. As the team began a new 2023–24 qualifying campaign, he was selected as the captain.
Khvadagiani made his Georgia national football team debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against Bulgaria, a 1–4 away loss.[5]
Statistics
- As of match played 19 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2020 | Erovnuli Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 26 | 1 | – | 4[a] | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | – | 37 | 2 | |||
| Total | 81 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 3 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi 2 | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| Maccabi Netanya | 2023–24 | Israeli Premier League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 90 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 4 | ||
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers and two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Georgian Super Cup: 2021, 2023
References
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